Why the 2012 Brave Internet Archive Matters More Than Ever Subtitle: Revisiting Pixar’s misunderstood masterpiece through the lens of digital preservation.
He clicked.
Historical background (2012)
2012 was a peculiar year. It was the last year of the "Old Internet." In 2012, we still used RSS feeds. Netflix was still mailing DVDs alongside streaming. YouTube wasn't yet fully corporatized. Brave arrived right as physical media was dying but before streaming fragmentation made us lose track of what we owned. brave 2012 internet archive
Before Merida had her iconic wild red mane, she had several different designs. The original press kit PDFs, buried in the Archive, show a grittier, more “Scottish folklore” version of the film that was lost in the final edit. Title: Why the 2012 Brave Internet Archive Matters